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Important Update / 重要更新 / 重要な最新情報

Hello, everyone!

I have very important news today. You may see it as good or bad, but looking at the bigger picture, it won't be changing much of anything.

I have decided, after a long drought, to basically stop making NSFW content. It's not a decision made on the fly, nor do I plan to get rid of anything I've done up util now, but my conditions have been unfavorable for me, for quite some time, now.

I initially started this account after watching friends commissioning artists, then went on making my own to enjo...

Update

Hello, everyone!

I'm really sorry about not giving enough news for... almost a year. Because of IRL obligations and the shift to Ren'Py, it's been hard for me to get back into it. However, every asset is done, and all is needed now is to make sure everything's glued back together, as well as improving the UI.

With the holidays coming, though, a release can't be expected before mid January at the very least.

I wish you all happy holidays, and stay healthy!

大家好！

2023 Spring Update / 2023 春季更新 / 2023年春のお知らせ

Hello everyone!

Sorry for the lack of updates, as always.

I've been busy collecting all the elements for the 2.0 of the game, and now it's time to tie them all in together. I'll be updating once again, when it's one or two weeks away from update launch.

Also, I wanted to try something new with a friend, and here I present you a YCH [Your Character Here] type of commission where you can have your character dominating Million and Dove for the Year of the Rabbit (I wanted to time it for Easter but it was a huge und...

January 2023 Update / 1月2023のお知らせ / 一月2023近况报告

Hello, everyone!

Belated Happy New Year to you all!

Sorry (once again) for the lack of updates. December has been hectic for me and I had to sort things out in January as well.

On the upside, I am starting production of two new manga.

On the not-so-upside, the 2.0 is taking more delays than I thought (and can't work on Chapter 2 while the artist is away for personal reasons.)

I am also currently experiencing a burnout, which is considerably slowing everything game-related down. Thus, I wil...

November Update / 11月のお知らせ / 十一月近况报告

Hello, everyone!

Sorry for the lack of news, but I'm coming in with hot ones today.

The voice acting bit for the game is almost done, and the upscaling of the sprites is progressing (I have to redo all the Live2D rigs because of the previous downscaling, so it is taking time.)

And more news! I am proud to announce my collaboration with YANx5 (https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/5950529) on a manga called "Inescapable Vow" (cover art below.)

Trigger warning: it contains one page that is not suitable for everyone...

September Update / 9月のお知らせ / 九月近况报告

Hello, everyone!

Here is the update for September.

This time, I bear more news. A new person came into the development of the game, as a programmer (which will lessen my job a lot.) This will bring a huge change in the game itself, as we decided to move the engine from GameMaker Studio to Ren'Py (I used GMS mainly because it was the only engine I could use, but it was honestly very limited for what I could do, so having someone work on Ren'Py for me instead is a godsend.)

Basically, what it'll change: ...

August Update / 8月のお知らせ / 八月近况报告

Hello all!

Sorry for the lack of updates (as always.) I worked a bit in July while waiting for the VAs to voice the biggest chunk of the game, but sadly nothing to write home about.

As for August... I happened to pass two weeks with a very bad cold I've barely recovered from yet, so it impeded my workflow completely. As such, production of Chapter 2 had to pause so I could focus on the 2.0 as much as I could. Hopefully, I'll be able to come with better news next month...

I apologize for the lack of sub...

Dream/strung: Blossoming Love Chapter 1 2.0 sneak peeks

Minigame Animation (not in-game speed):

Teaser for new CG:

June Update / 6月のお知らせ / 六月近况报告

Hello, everyone!

I come back with better news. I have been getting back to working on the 2.0 and even a bit of Chapter 2 as of late, but I'm still far from done for any of these two. However, as I promised in April, I will show some of the improvements and new content in another post (only available for the 100 Yen plan or higher, as a gift for those who have been supporting me for a few months already and haven't gotten their deserved news, I feel.)

I will try to send more content in the future, but I cannot guarante...

May Update / 5月のお知らせ / 五月近况报告

Hello!

Sorry I'm late for the update. May was a month filled with many issues on my end, notably more slight health issues that dampened my workflow.

The game workflow has also beentaking a huge hit as I've been made to wait huge chunks of time for the remaining parts to translate, so releasing the 2.0 anytime soon is now out of the question, which added to the stress I had to face and further deteriorated my will to go through all this. This also does not motivate me into doing a chapter 2, especially as everyone is ...

April Update / 4月のお知らせ / 四月近况报告

Hi, everyone!

Sorry for the radio silence since last time. Things are going more slowly than planned (especially on the translation side) and I will probably work on chapter 2 before finishing the 2.0 of chapter 1, so we still have the opportunity to finish it this year (although having it translated to Chinese and Japanese will take more time as well, so it'll also be an English release as well.) All I can say is that there *might~* be a few CGs in production as we speak.

Also, I don't really like talking about myself...

March Update / 3月のお知らせ / 三月近况报告

Hi, everyone!

Sorry for the massive lack of updates. I took a small break after releasing the game on Steam, and things have progressed a bit slowly. (It doesn't help that I'm not the kind to be able to hold onto an agenda, so there's that.)

The 2.0 is still progressing steadily enough, minigame assets are being inserted and both Chinese and Japanese translations are going strong, albeit slow due to an internal problem that is taken care of now (hence the very late March update.)

I might share screenshots as an update later...

Steam Release

Hi, everyone!

For those who's been eagerly waiting for it, here is the long awaited Steam release. You can find the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1828040/Dreamstrung__Blossoming_Love/ for the same price as on itch.io and gumroad.

I'll try to come up with good updates by the end of the month (or early march at the latest...) but meanwhile, please enjoy my next pixiv upload.

Thank you for your support! I hope you enjoy the experience <3

Steam Release [SOON] (and what's next...)

Hello, everyone!

Since it has been requested by many people (and it had to be done at some point, especially for non PayPal users), here is the Steam page. Finally!

For now, only the dem...

January Update / 1月のお知らせ / 一月近况报告

Hello, everyone! Happy New Year 2022!

Sorry for the huge lack of updates, a lot happened after the release of the game. We've reached 130 copies as I'm writing this message, and hoping for so much more when the Chinese and Japanese translations will be released (maybe next month, or for March at worst.)

For those of you who have been asking for a Steam release, I can only say it's for soon. No dates yet, because I want to check a few things out. However, the demo's being curated a last time, so we're close to an event...

Dream/strung - Blossoming Love Chapter 1 is OUT NOW!

Hello, everyone!

I proudly announce that Dream/strung - Blossoming Love the game is out now!

Available on itch.io: https://abcworks.itch.io/dreamstrung-blossoming-love

And Gumroad: https://abc0.gumroad.com/l/fycFy

This has been a wild ride, and I'm really happy to show you the results of those 15 months of (more-or-less) intense work. Everyone in the team hopes that the game will be an enjoyable experience to everyone who have waited for it.

Sorry, I'm bad with solemn talks, so ...

BOX ART + Release Date (Nov. 2X, 2021)

Hello, everyone!

Thanks for bearing with the few updates I make towards you for the game. This one should be the last before release as we're finally done with anything and everything graphical and musical.

My job of writing the scenes and dialogues has been slowed down due to my day job, but I've managed to juggle both pretty well thus far. I only have 3 scenes left to write, as well as smal...

October Update / 10月のアップデート / 10月更新

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the radio silence since the demo came out. I've been struggling with paperwork and other issues.

First, I'd like to thank you all for the 1000 download mark on the demo. It's been a blast! The development is going slower than I planned, but still steadily reaching its end. (Expect a release before christmas, at least.)

The final version will be available on gumroad, Steam and itch.io, so you will be able to choose wherever you wish to purchase your copy. Moreover, I am starting taking FANB...

Where to sell the game?

今のところ、ゲームは英語でのみ行われるので、この投稿も英語でのみ行われます。申し訳ありません。

由于该游戏目前只有英文版本，所以本帖也只有英文版本。对不起！

Hello!

I learned yesterday that I could put the game on gumroad (which would bypass Steam and itch.io's paperwork.) However, I'm highly reluctant to do it.

Some of my friends say they're okay with it, but I feel like it'd be cheating on customers. Let me explain:

Dream/strung: Blossoming Love Demo OUT NOW

With your help on the poll, with results: https://strawpoll.com/v3o323wkz/r (as well as a few friends who advised me another solution), I proudly announce the demo's presence on itch.io (as I can't put it on Steam yet.)

If requested, I might upload a Google Drive version as well, but for now I'd rather focus on the least distribution services, so I may work more on the rest of the game.

You may try it out here: https://abcworks.itch.io/dreamstrung-blossoming-love

投票にご協力いただき、結果は https:/...

Minor complications

Hi!

I don't wanna bring bad news, but due to personal (legal) reasons, I need to wait at least two weeks to be able to release the demo on Steam (if not more...)

This is why, as I did promise a release this month, I would like to know if you all want the demo sooner on a standalone file (likely from MEGA or Google Drive), or wait for the Steam (and potentially DLSite) release.

As usual, I made a poll for it: https://strawpoll.com/v3o323wkz

Sorry for the numerous delays. I really wanted to releas...

[Update] Title Screen Showcase Video

Title Screen

[Update] Demo out soon (Steam + DLSite)

Hi!

Coming here with a bit of good news: the demo is basically done, and now i just need to do the paperwork to have it released on the aforementioned websites.

I don't have a definite date yet, because I want to make it as close as possible to the actual final product release, but I'll make it so it should be uploaded and playable before late this month.

If you have questions, either here or on Discord (link below, with a title screenshot), feel free to drop a message.

こんにちは。

デモは基...

[Update Teaser] Lisa

Some more news about Lisa, this chapter's side character. Obviously not sharing every facial expression, as she won't be in the demo, but expect to see more of her in the future. (Maybe in commissions too, who knows?) 关于本章的副角Lisa的一些更多消息。显然，我们不会分享她的每一个面部表情，因为她不会出现在演示中，但希望在未来能看到她的更多表现。(也许也是在委托书中，谁知道呢？) 本章のサイドキャラクターであるリサについて、いくつかのニュー�...

New Update / 新的更新 / 新しいアップデート

Hi, everyone!

Sorry for the lack of updates (and polls) recently. Things have been getting very slowly as several team members went into radio silence for at least three weeks, all around the same time (early july to first week of august), thus things have been snail-paced.

Before, I could almost guarantee a release in august, but now, all I can promise is to try and get the demo out by the 31st.

As an apology, here is a draft of the currently-WIP title screen (logo and UI are being remade this week.)

PS: For those w...

Sneak Peek #2 - CG Reveal

To all who's been supporting me, I'm sorry I'm bad at communicating and giving updates. Here is a sneak peek at what you'll see for the demo.

応援してくださっている皆様、連絡や更新が苦手で申し訳ありません。デモのCGです。

Expect to see a demo in the coming weeks. I still can't give a date for the full release though, I apologize.

数週間以内にデモをご�...

Special Perk / 特别津贴 / スペシャル特典

Hello!

Sorry for the lack of news this last month, I've been busy with many things (and health issues) so i couldn't really give more infos/teasers for a while.

Instead, for my 500Yen plan subscribers, I will allow ou to pitch in for (or even write) a small scene for the game. It can be anything, but it won't be featuring CGs.

If you're interested in participating, please sen...

[Poll #3] Demo Release

Hey, all!

Here is the third poll!

皆さん、こんにちは。

第3回目の投票をお届けします。

https://strawpoll.com/9qhyz4dfs

News about the game / 关于游戏的新闻 / ゲームに関するニュース

Hey, all!

Game development has been rough for the past weeks, but it's getting back to a decent pace. (Maybe out by the end of summer, but definitely not before July.)

First of all, the japanese translation will be delayed by a lot, due to personal issues on yarumiri's side.

Second, everything else has considerably slowed down due to ever team member (including myself) having their own issues.

We'll try to have something out for August, but I'm not promising anything. I hope you understand.

As an apo...

[Poll #2] Title Screen

Hello!

Sorry for the late! I've been busy with things, but here is the second poll.

こんにちは！

遅くなってすみません! 色々と忙しかったのですが、第2回目の投票を行います。

https://strawpoll.com/jsp5cx5kp